Everything seems to have moved to the Internet. You can get your notes for school, concoct a conspiracy — why, even this publication is available on the Web.

Throughout the 1970s, as chief economist for an international consulting firm, John Perkins' job was to convince Third World nations to accept enormous loans for building bridges, dams and power grids.

Scorsese, DiCaprio, Hughes — as in Howard — are director, star and subject of this splendid mainstream look at three busy decades in the life of the industrialist, filmmaker and airplane nut.

The destruction caused by the second invasion of Falluja in November was met with quiet outrage by Iraqis.

Spokane is licking its wounds after losing firefighters, police, city staffers and numerous community programs to its record $18 million budget shortfall, but citizens of the Lake City may be getting a brand-new library, additional police officers, firefighters and upgrades to fire stations.

Are you weary of "economic summits" that serve as little more than an excuse to spend a day with people who see things exactly as you do?

One of the most pervasive — and most frustrating — double standards in American culture is that male singers are allowed to age with the full support of their audiences, whereas older female artists are often dismissed as matronly.